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BB wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:45:32 -0500, Kathleen wrote:
>
>
>> 5 minutes later the guy walks into my office, and without a word, picks
>>up my computer, drops it, pushes the power button and boots up the system.
>
>
> This isn't the first time I've heard of computers being fixed that way.
>
> Hard drives are designed to take a certain small amount of abuse when
> they're turned off. As they're starting to show up in portable electronics
> (e.g. iPods), durability is a big issue. I read somewhere that the
> drop-test for cell phones is 1.5 feet, but the current micro drives
> support only 1 foot - that's whats keeping them from being added to cell
> phones right now.
>
Cost and compelling need might have something to do with it too.
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:45:32 -0500, Kathleen wrote:
>
>
>> 5 minutes later the guy walks into my office, and without a word, picks
>>up my computer, drops it, pushes the power button and boots up the system.
>
>
> This isn't the first time I've heard of computers being fixed that way.
>
> Hard drives are designed to take a certain small amount of abuse when
> they're turned off. As they're starting to show up in portable electronics
> (e.g. iPods), durability is a big issue. I read somewhere that the
> drop-test for cell phones is 1.5 feet, but the current micro drives
> support only 1 foot - that's whats keeping them from being added to cell
> phones right now.
>
Cost and compelling need might have something to do with it too.
